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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
卷 109, 期 5, 页码 1193-1202出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06092.x
关键词
cholinergic function; mamba venom; muscarinic acetylcholine receptor; muscarinic toxins; snake neurotoxins
Muscarinic receptors mediate metabotropic actions of acetylcholine in the CNS and PNS and autocrine functions of acetylcholine in non-neuronal systems. Because of the lack of highly selective muscarinic ligands, the precise location, functional role, and roles in various diseases of the five muscarinic receptor subtypes remain unclear. Muscarinic toxins isolated from the venom of Dendroaspis snakes have a natural high affinity and selectivity, associated with roles as competitive antagonists, allosteric modulators, and potential agonists. These toxins may therefore be invaluable tools for studying muscarinic receptors. We review data on the structural and pharmacological characterization of the muscarinic toxins, focusing on recent structure-function studies on toxin-receptor interactions. We discuss the potential benefits of using these toxins for investigating muscarinic function in vivo.
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